US Patent Issued to MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN on Nov. 4 for "Robot leg and robotic system" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,113, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V. (Munich).

"Robot leg and robotic system" was invented by Alexander Sprowitz (Stuttgart, Germany) and Alborz Aghamaleki Sarvestani (Stuttgart, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a robot leg comprising at least two joints, each joint connecting two segments one to another, with each joint comprising a cam, the robot leg further comprising at least one actuator and a common tendon interconnecting each cam."

The patent was filed on Jan. 20, 2020, under Application No. 17/429,163.

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